Cases and Materials on Patent Law (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

~ Martin Adelman (Author), Randall R. Rader (Author), John R. Thomas (Author), Harold C. Wegner (Author)

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The authors feel that students considering patent law for the first time should look forward to learning legal tenets as venerable as the Constitution itself yet as current as the latest development from the laboratory bench. This casebook is comparative and constantly refers to aspects of foreign patent systems. This is with the understanding that patent practitioners without an understanding of the international patent system place their clients at a significant disadvantage.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1127 pages
• Publisher: West Group; 2 edition (January 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0314246371
• ISBN-13: 978-0314246370
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #724,203 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Patent text, September 6, 2008

By	Brian D. Abramson "right reader" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is as good a Patent Law textbook as can be assembled. The case selection and arrangement is excellent, and the cases are sharply edited. I only wish the next edition had come out in time for it to be assigned for my class - I'm told it will be out in a month.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine for Survey Course, December 18, 2005

By	Charles Stein (New York City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The previous review suggests that the casebook is not a good choice for someone wanting to focus in greater detail on patent prosecution or litigation. I imagine this is intended for use in a survey course, and think it's fine. It certainly does not teach the MPEP or prepare someone to take the patent bar, but that is not its purpose; I used the PatBar course for that. As far as patent litigation, I won't a course in that until next semester, but I believe this casebook did a nice job in surveying the important principles in litigation.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars standard casebook, no real fireworks!, June 7, 2001

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This review is from: Cases and Materials on Patent Law (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

This casebook contained all the usual cases that are typical in a patent law/intellectual property casebook. Unfortunately, there should have been more content which described the patent process as well as the patent prosecution procedure in order to allow the reader to fit the case law into the appropriate scheme of things.